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Rabbi Abraham Hecht, 90
Rabbi Hecht served as the spiritual leader of Sephardic congregations for more than 65 years.
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A life that coincided with the growth of Chabad-Lubavitch in America.
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Influential senator described as a unique friend of Israel and the Jewish people
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Jacob Kolton, a Holocaust survivor moved thousands with his story of a renewed faith late in life despite the atrocities he endured
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Wife of Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky led full life, passed away on Friday night
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On the issues of religious freedom and Israel’s right to self-defense, former Sen. Arlen Specter – who lost a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma Sunday at the age of 82 – left little doubt as to his positions.
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Joe Kubert, the pioneering comic artist who passed away Monday night, drew for a variety of audiences and outlets, including a Chabad-Lubavitch children’s publication whose storylines saw a pair of American kids exploring key moments of Jewish history.
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Mr. Sami Rohr, 86
International businessman and philanthropist Sami Rohr, whose communal heart and financial acumen funded Jewish community centers around the globe and laid the groundwork for a rebirth of Judaism across the former Soviet Union, passed away Sunday.
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Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, 94
Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, once called Chabad-Lubavitch’s “globetrotting ambassador” and the first in the United States to have a regular class on Chabad philosophy broadcast over the radio waves, passed away Wednesday at the age of 94.
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Physicist Cyril Domb, whose advancement of theoretical physics led to new understandings of everyday phenomena, passed away last week at the age of 91. A mathematical prodigy, he also was an accomplished Talmudic scholar and authored dozens of articles on the interplay between the Torah and science, in addition to several Jewish scholarly works.
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Professor Velvl Greene, former chair of epidemiology and public health at Ben-Gurion University, professor emeritus there, and director of its Lord Jakobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics, passed away at the age of 83.
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Rebbetzin Bassy Azimov, daughter of the famed Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov and one of the driving forces behind Paris’ Jewish rebirth in the second half of the 20th century, passed away Monday. She was 67.
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Rabbi Shalom Ber Lifshitz, whose dedication to the physical and spiritual wellbeing of new Israelis nurtured entire communities of freshly-arrived refugees from locations around the world, passed away last month.
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Master of Hebrew calligraphy Michel Schwartz, who was cherished for his big heart as much as for his creative art, passed away at the age of 86.
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Jerome J. Shestack, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and human-rights advocate whose work on behalf of the United States government, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, and other organizations took him around the globe, was an intellectual and moral force to be reckoned with.
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Rabbi Zalman Kazen, a longtime leader of Cleveland’s Jewish community known for his relentless and unyielding energy to assist local Jews with their physical and spiritual needs, passed away at the age of 92.
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Haim Yisraeli, a top aide to 14 Israeli defense ministers, passed away at the age of 84.
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Cleveland-raised and a longtime resident of Hollywood, Fla., Jack N. Mandel supported Chabad-Lubavitch of South Broward, the Broward Chai Center, and other Jewish institutions in the area.
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Rabbi Dovid Raskin, 84
Rabbi Dovid Raskin, an immigrant from the Soviet Union who, as chairman of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, spearheaded many educational campaigns instituted by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, passed away Tuesday at the age of 84.
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Yaacov (Jack) Hanoka, 75
Solar energy pioneer Yaacov (Jack) Hanoka, who held patents for 56 of his inventions and was known for his passion and optimism in finding alternative energy sources to fossil fuels, passed away at the age of 75.
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